Make-up mirror



Oct. 16, 1962 M. MYERBERG 3,059,103

MAKE-UP MIRROR Filed Aug; 7, 1961 ffl@ @L INVENTOR. /V/CHA EL MVEBEGUnited States Patent 3,059,103 MAKE-UP MIRRR Michael Myerherg, 234 W.44th St., New York 36, N.Y. Filed Aug. 7, 1961, Ser. No. 129,784 1Claim. (Cl. 240--4.1)

This invention relates to make-up mirrors.

More particularly, the invention is concerned with make-up mirrors ofthe type incorporating illumination and having adjustment or beingmovable rfor obtaining the best angle of view and illumination formaking up.

Make-up mirrors of this general type have not been adapted to both closeand remote viewing and the glare land heat of the lights 'have beendrawbacks, limitlng the use of such mirrors. With incandescent light ithas not been found possible to locate the light bulbs for optimumlighting while also avoiding danger of burning the face or hands inclose make-up Work. Fluorescent and other elongated bulbs operating withcooler surfaces do not provide either satisfactory quality ordistribution of light.

-It is the general object of the invention to provide a make-up mirrorwhich is free from these defects.

With this `and other objects which will appear in the followingspecification in mind, a make-up mirror ernbodying the invention in =apreferred form will now rst be described with reference to theaccompanying drawing, and then be more particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation View of a make-up mirror embodying theinvention in a preferred form;

FIG. 2 is la section on the line 2 2 of FIG. l;

FIG. 3 is la section on the line 3-3 of FIG. l;

FIG. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of FIG. 1;

IFIG. 5 is a plan view of the mirror of FIG. 1, with the panels in ardifferent position;

lFIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing some of the reiiection pathswith the panels in :a normal operating position.

The mirror shown by way of example in the drawing has a central panel 1and side panels 2 joined to it by hinges 3, so as to permit opening thestructure `out at (FIG. 1), placing the panels 2 at about right anglesto the center panel 1 (FIG. 5) or in any intermediate position (FIG. 6).

Center panel 1 comprises a mirror 4 supported on a backing 5 of plywoodor other suitable material and a head 6 (FIG. 3), secured to the backing'5 and mirror 4 and carrying a horizontal row of light bulbs B.

lEach side panel 2 similarly comprises a mirror 7 and plywood or othersuitable backing 8, the outer edge of each panel 2 being secured to apost 9 `as shown' in FIG. Zand carrying :a vertical row of bulbs B.

The bulbs are mounted on the posts 9 and head 46 as shown in FIG. 4 bymeans of sockets 10 tting in bores 11 in the members 6 and 9 `andsecured to those members by angle irons 12, screws 13. Flexible cable orcord 14 connecting the bulbs B in parallel, as usual, runs up the leftpost 9, across head 6, down right post 9, through switch S to plug 15 orother connection.

The bulbs B 'are low wattage bulbs, substantially 15 Watts per bul-bbeing suitable, fand lare spaced substantially one bulb `diameter apart.The bulbs are bare, which is 'an important feature in obtaining optimumillumination, yand are of large diameter in relation to their wattage(211 inches in the mirror shown by way of example), and provide aboutone square inch of bulb surface for each three watts. This ratio isimportant, as the spacing of the bulbs from each other, the surface temperature, the maximum concentrated light fand the total light are allimportant. Since the bulbs are used bare, it is important that they bemade of glass and have coatings which diffuse the light and it ispreferred to use bulbs with an external matte diffusing coating over theglass. lIt is -found that such bulbs in the dimensions and wattagespecified will not burn the face even thou-gh brought in direct contactwith the bulb surface.

As is apparent from FIG. 6 taken in conjunction with the other iigures,the illumination afforded bythe mirror of the invention is of 'a complexcharacter. There is represented there an oval H which might correspondgenerally to a human head and the illumination of the area thereof isindicated by lines. It will be apparent that the given area in theposition speciiied is illuminated directly by :all the bulbs carried bythe left hand post and not only directly but by reection from the lefthand side mirror and that it is also illuminated by the bulbs in thearea across the top of the central mirror, in some cases directly and inothers only by reection. In addition to this, even the right hand sidemirror bulbs add some slight illumination t0 the area indicated. Thereis thus a combination of `direct single and multiple reflected lightingfrom a large number of bulbs over each area of the face, the lightcoming from the different bulbs by their different paths arriving atdilerent angles Iand being of diiterent intensity. The light from :allthe bulbs having substantial lighting effect on any area, combinesgiving an exceptional diuse illumination `and substantially shadowlesslighting. Since the area in question will be viewed along a path almostat right angles to one of vthe mirrors, or along a composite pathstarting rfrom the eye location, there will be substantially no glare.Should the user look directly `at one of the bulbs, the light intensityof `any such bulb is so low that no objectionable glare effect isobserved.

What is claimed is:

A make-up mirror comprising ya central mirror panel, side mirror panelshingedly joined thereto, a row of electric light bulbs alongsubstantially the entire outer edge of each side panel and along`substantially the entire top edge of the central panel, and beingpositioned in spaced relation to the planes of the mirror panels and infront thereof for illuminating the face of a user by reflection from thesaid mirror panels `as well as by `direct lighting vand being alsopositioned to permit bringing the face as close as desired and includingeven actual contact with lsaid bulbs, the said bulbs being comparativelylow wattage :and large surface incandescent bulbs and having a smoothexterior light diffusing coating, whereby `a substantially shadowlessillumination =for the face of the user is provided without danger ofburning if the face is brought into contact with one -of said bulbs, theSaid bulbs being substantially 15 watt bulbs, substantially 21A inchesin diameter with `a ratio of surface area to wattage of about one squareinch to three watts :and being spaced apart in the said rows by 'adistance substantially equal to the bulb diameter.

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